Each of the following links takes you to a page containing the significant events of a particular month. Some selected major events are mentioned here as an aid to the reader.

January

The Thai Rak Thai party won elections in Thailand; assassination of DRC President Laurent Kabila

February

Ariel Sharon became prime minister in Israel

March

April

May

The UN imposed a ban on Liberia's diamond exports; a bloc of parties led by Silvio Berlusconi won elections in Italy

June

The National Movement for Simeon II party won elections in Bulgaria; Pervez Musharraf became president of Pakistan

July

August

A NATO peacekeeping mission (August 2001-March 2002) began in Macedonia

September

Major terrorist attack on the US by al Qaeda

October

US and British forces began operations in Afghanistan in support of the rebel Northern Alliance; peace agreement in the Philippines between the government and MILF rebels

November

In Afghanistan, Northern Alliance forces entered Kabul

December

Ranil Wickremesinghe became prime minister of Sri Lanka; the US withdrew from the 1972 ABM Treaty; attack by militants on India's parliament; political turmoil in Argentina